A ba11domnent of East" Texas
La Bahia, were to be mo\·ed to the new locations designated on the map drawn and prepared by Kicolas de la Fora.: 2 San Antonio de Bejar and Santa Fe, which were not on the new line of defense, were to be reenforced, bringing their garrisons up to eighty men respectively, including the oflkers in this number. But from Santa Fe thirty men, under the command of a lieutenant, were to b:! detailed to establish a post at Robledo, twenty leagues north of El Paso; while from San Antonio twenty were to be dt:tailed under a competent officer to garrison the new post on the Cibolo. The governor of Texas, whose official residence had been at Los Adaes, was to establish his headquarters in San Antonio, which was henceforth to be the capital of the proYince.: 3 Every one of the fifteen presidios on the. new line was to ha\·e a captain, a lieutenant, an alferez, a chaplain, and forty-two soldiers, including a sergeant and two corporals, except La Bahia del Espiritu Santo, which was to have five additional soldiers, making the total of its garrison fifty-one. Agreeable to the recommendations of Rubi, each one of the frontier presidios was to haYe as part of its garrison ten Indian scouts in addition to the soldiers. The captains were to recei\'e three thousand pesos a year, lieutenants seven hundred, a!fcreces fh-e hundred, chaplains four hundred and eighty, sergeants three hundred and fifty, corporals three hundred, soldiers two hundred ninety, and Indians one hundred thirty-six. In the case of San Antonio, its captain, who was to be the go\·ernor of the province, was to receive four thousand pesos a year, the same as the goYernor of New :\Iexico, who was to scrYe likewise as captain ~f Santa Fe. 2 ' Arms a11d tmiform. The irregularity noted heretofore in the equip- ment and dress of frontier troops was to be corrected. E\·ery soldier was to be provided with a broadsword, a lance, a shield, a firelock musket, and pistols. The barrels of the muskets were to be three feet long, while those of the pistols were not to exceed ten inches. The Indian scouts of each garrison were to be given a pistol, a shield, and a lance in addition to their regular bows and arrows. In each presidio a reserYe supply of arms was to be kept in order to replace those lost, worn out, or impaired. Furthermore, each presidio was to haYe a gunsmith, who was to be 22 R,:glam,mto, i11slr11cciJ11 para los ,Pusidios qu,: se /1011 de for111,1r e11 la lilua de Frontera ... Cedula d,: rode septit!mbre de 17i~. (!\ladricl, 1772) 81-83. The map of La Fora is reproduced in this volume. 23 /bid., 9-10, 82, 106-107. 21 /bid., 9-17.
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